There have been documented cases where a Twitter post has summoned help faster than 911. Especially in cases that *aren't* that time sensitive. If I have several hours before my situation is truly critical, then I might post on Twitter to local friends, or text or something else. I may not need to tie up a 911 call, preventing someone in a more dire situation than me from getting through.
And tweets *can* be geo-tagged automatically, with GPS coordinates. Emergency responders could actually find someone *more* reliably that way, especially if the person in trouble isn't sure where they are exactly (tourists, etc)
Meanwhile we get an absolute bananas circus of a presidential election. The time to "test and pressure" something like Citizens United was NOT this year, ffs.
Re: Re: Re: Pirate Bay no longer "free" but being "monetized".
You have no idea what you're talking about. We've never paid a red cent for uTorrent or Transmission (a Mac BT client, also free). I'm 100% sure there's a linux client also.
Magnet links =/= OMG I HAVE TO PAY FOR A CLIENT NAO.
You put movies in your DropBox? You must have a lot of spare bandwidth.
Also watch out, since DropBox is pseudo-cloud, you're probably infringing some copyright or something by uploading to it. Especially since it makes a copy to *every* device you have linked.
To take your argument to its logical conclusion, nearly all crime is committed by people "choosing to be anonymous." That doesn't mean you get away with murder just because you don't want anyone knowing you did it.
1. See a bargain-basement "doctor" who got his "education" online and doesn't sanitize anything.
2. Let said "doctor" prescribe something that hasn't been tested or proved, based on his anecdotal belief that it works. Actually, it's just bathtub mint julep, but it totally worked for his other two patients. Trust him.
3. Try to get my now de-regulated health insurance to pay for these "experimental" treatments from "internet doctors," while they come up with all their own arcane criteria on what's covered and what isn't. (So, just like now)
4. Now that I'm sick, and maybe even sicker from the pills that are cut with heroin or arsenic to dull my pain (and cut costs!), and my "insurance" won't pay, I can also expect my government to let me twist in the wind with no recourse until I die a painful death.
Yep, sound like great reforms... Do you have a petition I can sign?
Let's see, no department is perfect of course, but here are a few that I don't hear a lot of complaints about:
FEMA
OSHA
IRS
EPA
National Park Service
Our various military branches are pretty effective
Army Corp of Engineers
Federal Highway Administration
FAA
Dept. of the Treasury
Bureau of the Census
FDIC
National Endowment for the Arts
I could go on all day. Are mistakes made? Of course, you anti-government types never seem to want safe water, roads, satellites, clean air, energy efficient homes, laws or any of the other things a civilized society can expect from their government.
This is what I've been trying to tell conservatives for a long time.
Somehow they don't think they're *already* subject to a huge bureaucracy managing their health coverage.
If I have to have an inefficient bureaucracy, I'd rather it wasn't also a for-profit industry.
I just can't understand how a for-profit company can possibly have the public health as a priority. That's not how it works. The only way you make any money as a for-profit insurance company is if you *deny coverage* to those requiring the most expensive care: The really sick and injured.
Yes! Let's make all our huge profits off the backs of people who are dying! Really seems like the Greater Good there, doesn't it? /sarcasm
Re: Re: If anyone wants to steal my petition letter...
Yes it is starting to be seen as a right. No, I don't have a right to internet... Yet. But that perception is changing.
Look at all the protests around the world in the past year that wouldn't have been as effective without internet.
Governments are starting to speak out about oppressive regimes that limit or cut off internet from their citizens.
This is a much bigger issue than some perceived loss of revenue for one industry. Piracy is just a drop in the bucket when you consider what else is at stake here.
Here it is (I thought the default text wasn't in depth enough):
"I oppose the "Six Strikes" proposal and the monitoring of users and interference with their Internet connection which it entails. We urge you not to implement it -- and will make a point of purchasing service from ISPs that don't.
Internet access is beginning to be recognized as a basic right. It is shown again and again that any individual is at a severe disadvantage in all facets of their life if they do not have Internet access.
Proving what person is actually behind the computer in cases of copyright infringement has been (and likely always will be) extremely difficult. It will be unfair to other users of a given connection if a single bad actor can get this invoked.
In addition, the RIAA/MPAA have recently been shown to be deliberately engaging in "shotgun" legislation in an effort to shake down those it *thinks* are infringers. When they can also wield a weapon to cut off all access, these types of frivolous John Doe lawsuits will only increase.
Consider the "coffee shop" scenario: Any business that operates an open (or even password protected) WiFi for customers could rack up "six strikes" in a matter of hours.
This is a bad policy that will punish innocent users for the actions of a very few.
If you allow a single industry to dictate the terms of Internet access for all, how long will it be before other industries follow suit and start the pressure? Will the fashion industry decide that searching for knock-offs should violate six strikes? How about inflammatory political speech?
This is an extremely slippery slope that ends in no privacy or free speech for anyone.
Please do not enact this policy. Please advocate for impartial and open access to Internet."
Transfers out of GoDaddy are down because they're now requiring *written* authorization of transfers. That has slowed the exodus, (and I hope everyone has reported it to ICANN) but I doubt it will stop everyone in the long run.
In addition, there are tons of people (like me) who's domains aren't even eligible for transfer for a month or two. As soon as I'm able, I'm still transferring away.
GoDaddy is artificially slowing transfers out, causing their numbers to look better. Time will tell.
I sell a very small number of handmade lampwork bead pendants made to look like the various Angry Birds.
I've sold a few, and none through my Etsy shop (where I do have them posted).
Etsy has removed my listings as a result of an email from someone at Rovio.
We reference the official game and company, and the beads are not mass-produced. So I guess it's ok if people mass-produce unlicensed Angry Birds merchandise, but if I try to make small-scale art from them and sell it, well..
I flew recently and was pleasantly surprised I did NOT receive any pat-down at all, despite refusing the backscatter scan.
I'm not sure what criteria they're using to select people for "enhanced screening", but it's surely not everyone who refuses the naked scanning.
After I walked through the regular metal detector, and a TSA agent asked me why I refused the backscatter, I said I didn't want to be irradiated.
He told me with a straight face that I'm exposed to more radiation during my flight than I would be from the scanner. I told him "You're wrong," and walked away. I wanted to tell him to Google "Logan Cancer Cluster," but I decided not to argue with the guy...
I think TSA is starting to receive training to "manage objections," much like retail salespeople are. A sign that these machines are not going away.
On topic... There's always more to a story. It's just *possible* that TSA had no intention of treating these two people poorly, the mother jumped to the conclusion they would and acted poorly herself.
TSA is security theater, not actually protecting us any better than we were before, and yes.. In many cases acting like fascists. That doesn't give *us* the excuse to act badly ourselves.
My policy of "don't post anything you don't want the whole world to know" is working out pretty well for me.
Also, I only friend people on Facebook who I actually know and have seen in the last year or so. (High school acquaintances need not apply)
My Twitter feed is wide open, but I use that for frivolity and pictures only.
I wouldn't leave my door unlocked, and I wouldn't post my actual address on any social network. Ditto my phone number, my work hours/location, or whether or not I have a housesitter while I'm gone.
On the post: Being A Jackass On Twitter Shouldn't Be Illegal; Public Shame Should Be Enough
Re: Re: Re:
And tweets *can* be geo-tagged automatically, with GPS coordinates. Emergency responders could actually find someone *more* reliably that way, especially if the person in trouble isn't sure where they are exactly (tourists, etc)
Also, you may be interested in this: http://www.sitetrail.com/2012/10/04/twitter-launches-emergency-lifeline-feature-in-japan/
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Re: Re:
On the post: Supreme Court Justices Worry About 'Parade Of Horribles' If They Agree You Don't Own What You Bought
What is that... I don't even...
On the post: Humble Ebook Bundle Breaks $1 Million; All The Authors Should Be Best Sellers
Re: Re: Re: Pirate Bay no longer "free" but being "monetized".
Magnet links =/= OMG I HAVE TO PAY FOR A CLIENT NAO.
On the post: Studio To Amazon Instant Video Customer: Thanks For The $$$. Enjoy Your Blank Screen.
Pretty funny slip on an article about how Amazon Prime can be bullshit.
On the post: Yet Again, File Sharing Correlated To Biggest Buyers
Re: Re: Wrong Target
Also watch out, since DropBox is pseudo-cloud, you're probably infringing some copyright or something by uploading to it. Especially since it makes a copy to *every* device you have linked.
On the post: Reddit, Trolling, Doxxing, Free Speech & Anonymity: Whoo Boy, Is This Stuff Complicated
Re: Re: Moral reasoning can be a tricky thing
On the post: Amanda Palmer Unleashes The Voice Of The People About Health Insurance Via Twitter
Re: A Four-Step Healthcare Solution
1. See a bargain-basement "doctor" who got his "education" online and doesn't sanitize anything.
2. Let said "doctor" prescribe something that hasn't been tested or proved, based on his anecdotal belief that it works. Actually, it's just bathtub mint julep, but it totally worked for his other two patients. Trust him.
3. Try to get my now de-regulated health insurance to pay for these "experimental" treatments from "internet doctors," while they come up with all their own arcane criteria on what's covered and what isn't. (So, just like now)
4. Now that I'm sick, and maybe even sicker from the pills that are cut with heroin or arsenic to dull my pain (and cut costs!), and my "insurance" won't pay, I can also expect my government to let me twist in the wind with no recourse until I die a painful death.
Yep, sound like great reforms... Do you have a petition I can sign?
On the post: Amanda Palmer Unleashes The Voice Of The People About Health Insurance Via Twitter
Re: Re: Re: Re:
FEMA
OSHA
IRS
EPA
National Park Service
Our various military branches are pretty effective
Army Corp of Engineers
Federal Highway Administration
FAA
Dept. of the Treasury
Bureau of the Census
FDIC
National Endowment for the Arts
I could go on all day. Are mistakes made? Of course, you anti-government types never seem to want safe water, roads, satellites, clean air, energy efficient homes, laws or any of the other things a civilized society can expect from their government.
On the post: Amanda Palmer Unleashes The Voice Of The People About Health Insurance Via Twitter
Re: Re: Re:
Somehow they don't think they're *already* subject to a huge bureaucracy managing their health coverage.
If I have to have an inefficient bureaucracy, I'd rather it wasn't also a for-profit industry.
I just can't understand how a for-profit company can possibly have the public health as a priority. That's not how it works. The only way you make any money as a for-profit insurance company is if you *deny coverage* to those requiring the most expensive care: The really sick and injured.
Yes! Let's make all our huge profits off the backs of people who are dying! Really seems like the Greater Good there, doesn't it? /sarcasm
On the post: Hollywood Star Rosario Dawson Speaks Out Against Hollywood's 'Six Strikes' Plan
Re: Re: If anyone wants to steal my petition letter...
Look at all the protests around the world in the past year that wouldn't have been as effective without internet.
Governments are starting to speak out about oppressive regimes that limit or cut off internet from their citizens.
This is a much bigger issue than some perceived loss of revenue for one industry. Piracy is just a drop in the bucket when you consider what else is at stake here.
On the post: Hollywood Star Rosario Dawson Speaks Out Against Hollywood's 'Six Strikes' Plan
If anyone wants to steal my petition letter...
"I oppose the "Six Strikes" proposal and the monitoring of users and interference with their Internet connection which it entails. We urge you not to implement it -- and will make a point of purchasing service from ISPs that don't.
Internet access is beginning to be recognized as a basic right. It is shown again and again that any individual is at a severe disadvantage in all facets of their life if they do not have Internet access.
Proving what person is actually behind the computer in cases of copyright infringement has been (and likely always will be) extremely difficult. It will be unfair to other users of a given connection if a single bad actor can get this invoked.
In addition, the RIAA/MPAA have recently been shown to be deliberately engaging in "shotgun" legislation in an effort to shake down those it *thinks* are infringers. When they can also wield a weapon to cut off all access, these types of frivolous John Doe lawsuits will only increase.
Consider the "coffee shop" scenario: Any business that operates an open (or even password protected) WiFi for customers could rack up "six strikes" in a matter of hours.
This is a bad policy that will punish innocent users for the actions of a very few.
If you allow a single industry to dictate the terms of Internet access for all, how long will it be before other industries follow suit and start the pressure? Will the fashion industry decide that searching for knock-offs should violate six strikes? How about inflammatory political speech?
This is an extremely slippery slope that ends in no privacy or free speech for anyone.
Please do not enact this policy. Please advocate for impartial and open access to Internet."
On the post: No, Mitt Romney Didn't Personally Hack Your Facebook
Re: Re: So let me get this straight....
On the post: DOJ Gives Its Opinion On SOPA By Unilaterally Shutting Down 'Foreign Rogue Site' Megaupload... Without SOPA/PIPA
Re: The Indictment
There have been arrests, and an indictment... But that's still not "proven guilty."
Shouldn't MU be "out on bail" and able to continue business UNTIL proven guilty, and THEN punished (taken offline)?
On the post: Is A Naked Danica Patrick Working To Quell GoDaddy Boycott Efforts?
The reason...
In addition, there are tons of people (like me) who's domains aren't even eligible for transfer for a month or two. As soon as I'm able, I'm still transferring away.
GoDaddy is artificially slowing transfers out, causing their numbers to look better. Time will tell.
On the post: Would Obama Veto SOPA? Extremely Doubtful
Re: Re: SOPA Support
On the post: Angry Birds CEO At Peace With Chinese Counterfeit Merchandise
Not all sunshine
I've sold a few, and none through my Etsy shop (where I do have them posted).
Etsy has removed my listings as a result of an email from someone at Rovio.
We reference the official game and company, and the beads are not mass-produced. So I guess it's ok if people mass-produce unlicensed Angry Birds merchandise, but if I try to make small-scale art from them and sell it, well..
I think I'll email him this article...
On the post: Propaganda Campaign Against Vigilante Hacking Groups: Gov't Officials Warn That The KGB Could Infiltrate Lulzsec
Re: Obviously
"Ohai guyz. I'm a hax0r like you! I'm KGB! What's up today?" -KGBHax0r
"Hai KGBHax0r! Today we're taking down [random organization X]'s website and stealing some logins!" -Lulz
"Sweet, I'm in" -KGBHax0r
On the post: Woman Arrested For Not Letting TSA Grope Her Daughter
Surprised...
I'm not sure what criteria they're using to select people for "enhanced screening", but it's surely not everyone who refuses the naked scanning.
After I walked through the regular metal detector, and a TSA agent asked me why I refused the backscatter, I said I didn't want to be irradiated.
He told me with a straight face that I'm exposed to more radiation during my flight than I would be from the scanner. I told him "You're wrong," and walked away. I wanted to tell him to Google "Logan Cancer Cluster," but I decided not to argue with the guy...
I think TSA is starting to receive training to "manage objections," much like retail salespeople are. A sign that these machines are not going away.
On topic... There's always more to a story. It's just *possible* that TSA had no intention of treating these two people poorly, the mother jumped to the conclusion they would and acted poorly herself.
TSA is security theater, not actually protecting us any better than we were before, and yes.. In many cases acting like fascists. That doesn't give *us* the excuse to act badly ourselves.
Resist, but stay calm and carry on. :)
On the post: Police Claim Burglars Used Facebook To Target Empty Homes; Proof Lacking
So.
Also, I only friend people on Facebook who I actually know and have seen in the last year or so. (High school acquaintances need not apply)
My Twitter feed is wide open, but I use that for frivolity and pictures only.
I wouldn't leave my door unlocked, and I wouldn't post my actual address on any social network. Ditto my phone number, my work hours/location, or whether or not I have a housesitter while I'm gone.
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